The sudden appearance of the spotted animal in a plush locality of the city caught the forest and fire department officials off guard and evoked immense interest among the citizens on the first day of the new year.

Faced with a sudden spurt of swine flu cases in Hyderabad resulting in more than 30 positive cases, including six deaths in December, both government and private health experts are now advising high-risk category people to go in for trivalent flu vac

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Mangaluru City Police slapped 73 cases of drunken driving against revellers during an overnight checking on New Year's Day across the city. The police also booked 300-odd other cases against motorists for various violations.

Abhivyakti Vaidarbhiya Lekhika Sanstha and Yashwantrao Chavan Pratishthan are jointly organizing an unique programme to welcome New Year 2015. The 'Chalta-Bolta Warsharambh Ank' will involve staging a dramatized version of each section of the yearly book at Shrimant Baburao Dhanwate Sabhagruha, Shankar Nagar Chowk, at 5pm on January 9. Anuradha Fadnavis will speak on 'Shahid Ek Samajik Bhan'. A story written by Sharmila Mahadeokar will be presented by Shubha Sathe.

​Mangaluru City Police stopped 'The Terror Party' organized by the RDX Group to usher in New Year 2015 at Lobo River View in Morgan's Gate as they had denied police permission to the organisers for the event.

Kushi Kushiyagi (Kannada) and Nagara Vaidhi Naduvil Njan (Malayalam) are the new films that are being released in cineplexes in Udupi and Mangaluru on January 1, 2015.

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New Year will be ushered by various communities here in the city on Tuesday. The Bengalis would usher in the new year with the Poila Baisakh celebrations, the Assamese with Bihu festivals, the Tamils with Puthandu while the people of Kerala would welcome their new year - Vishu.

Lt Governor Virendra Kataria extended Tamil Ney Year greetings to the people of Puducherry. In his message Kataria said Tamil Ney Year celebrated in the month of Chithirai ushers in a new beginning and gives new hope for the year ahead. "On this auspicious occasion I take great pleasure in extending 'Puthandu Vazhthugal' to the people of Puducherry. May the 'Jaya' year bring in health, happiness, peace and prosperity in the lives of the people of Puducherry," he said.

Restaurants in star hotels here have chalked out elaborate dining plans to welcome different New Years ranging from Thai or Songkran to Bengali between April 11-20.

The ''BJP Samvad cell'' on Tuesday conducted a program ''New Year New Vision'' to celebrate and welcome new year.

Mysoreans, particularly the people living in villages which have got merged with the city following it's growth in the recent years refuse to forget the legacy of Maharajas and their contribution to their living . Still the death of the last king of Mysore royal family is unpalatable to them

Though some of the reputed clubs in the city did not host any special programmes because of the death of late of Maharaja of Mysore Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the hoteliers left no stone unturned to make a killing on New Year eve.

The heritage city bids adieu to 2013 and ushered into new year in a grand style. The DJ parties, special buffets, live shows and dance programmes in various hotels and resorts of the city marked the beginning of 2014.

A New Year bash organised by a private company at an amusement park in Mira Road turned ugly when revelers damaged music equipment to protest poor food quality and false promises.

The Junagadh Police rounded up around 30 persons who were caught consuming liquor in Girghadhada area.

The city police rounded up around 15 persons who were caught consuming liquor from the eastern part of the Ahmedabad.